Patents by Inventor Nicolas Blouin

Nicolas Blouin has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • POLYMERS OF BENZODITHIOPHENE AND THEIR USE AS ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTORS
    Publication number: 20130043434
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel polymers of benzodithiophene, methods and materials for their preparation, their use as semiconductors in organic electronic (OE) devices, and to OE devices comprising these polymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Steven Tierney, Nicolas Blouin, William Mitchell, Changsheng Wang, Miguel Carrarsco-Orozco, Frank Egon Meyer
  • POLYMERS OF 8,9-DIHYDROBENZO[DEF]CARBAZOLE AND THEIR USE AS ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTORS
    Publication number: 20130001476
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel polymers containing 8,9-dihydrobenzo[def]carbazole units, methods and materials for their preparation, their use as semiconductors in organic electronic (OE) devices, and to OE devices comprising these polymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Nicolas Blouin, William Mitchell, Changsheng Wang, Steven Tierney
  • SEMICONDUCTING POLYMERS
    Publication number: 20120305853
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel polymers containing repeating units based on benzodithiophene or derivatives thereof, monomers and methods for their preparation, their use as semiconductors in organic electronic (OE) devices, especially in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices, and to OE and OPV devices comprising these polymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: William Mitchell, Steven Tierney, Changsheng Wang, Nicolas Blouin
  • PHENANTHROl[1,10,9,8-C,D,E,F,G]CARBAZOLE POLYMERS AND THEIR USE AS ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTORS
    Publication number: 20120138865
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel phenanthro[1,10,9,8-c,d,e,f,g]carbazole polymers, methods and materials for their preparation, their use as semiconductors in organic electronic (OE) devices, and to OE devices comprising these polymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: Merck Patent Gesellschaft Mit Beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Nicolas Blouin, William Mitchell, Changsheng Wang, Steven Tierney
  • Polymers Derived from Benzobis(silolothiophene) and their Use as Organic Semiconductors
    Publication number: 20110168953
    Abstract: The invention relates to conjugated polymers comprising benzo-bis(silolothiophene) units or derivatives thereof, to methods of their preparation, to novel monomer units used therein, to the use of the polymers in organic electronic (OE) devices, and to OE devices comprising the polymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Steven Tierney, Clare Bailey, William Mitchell, Nicolas Blouin